axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/OMNode.java

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package org.apache.axiom.om;

import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants;

/**
 * Defines the base interface used by most of the XML object model within Axis.
 * <p>
 * This tree model for XML captures the idea of deferring the construction of child nodes until they
 * are needed. The <code>isComplete</code> function identifies whether or not a particular node has
 * been fully parsed. A node may not be fully parsed, for example, if all of the children of an
 * element have not yet been parsed. </p>
 * <p>
 * In comparison to DOM, in this model, you will not find document fragments, or entities. In
 * addition, while {@link OMDocument} and {@link OMAttribute} exist, neither is an extension of
 * <code>OMNode</code>. </p>
 */
public interface OMNode extends OMSerializable {
    /**
     * The node is an <code>Element</code>.
     *
     * @see #getType()
     */
    static final short ELEMENT_NODE = 1;

    /**
     * The node is a <code>Text</code> node.
     *
     * @see #getType()
     */
    static final short TEXT_NODE = XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS;

    /**
     * The node is a <code>CDATASection</code>.
     *
     * @see #getType()
     */
    static final short CDATA_SECTION_NODE = XMLStreamConstants.CDATA;

    /**
     * The node is a <code>Comment</code>.
     *
     * @see #getType()
     */
    static final short COMMENT_NODE = XMLStreamConstants.COMMENT;

    /**
     * This node is a <code>DTD</code>.
     *
     * @see #getType()
     */
    static final short DTD_NODE = XMLStreamConstants.DTD;

    /**
     * This node is a <code>ProcessingInstruction</code>.
     *
     * @see #getType()
     */
    static final short PI_NODE = XMLStreamConstants.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION;

    /**
     * This node is an <code>Entity Reference</code>.
     *
     * @see #getType()
     */
    static final short ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE = XMLStreamConstants.ENTITY_REFERENCE;

    /**
     * This node represents white space.
     *
     * @see #getType()
     */
    static final short SPACE_NODE = XMLStreamConstants.SPACE;

    /**
     * Returns the parent containing node.
     * <p>
     * Returns the parent container, which may be either an {@link OMDocument} or {@link OMElement}.
     *
     * @return The {@link OMContainer} of the node.
     */
    OMContainer getParent();

    /**
     * Returns the next sibling in document order.
     *
     * @return Returns the next sibling in document order.
     */
    OMNode getNextOMSibling() throws OMException;

    /**
     * Removes a node (and all of its children) from its containing parent.
     * <p>
     * Removes a node from its parent. Please note that this will not
     * handle the namespaces. For example, if there you have used a namespace within the detaching node
     * and which is defined outside the detaching node, user has to handle it manually. </p>
     *
     * @return The detached node. This is always the instance on which this method is invoked.
     */
    // TODO: LLOM's OMNodeImpl triggers an exception if the node doesn't have a parent. This is not specified here.
    OMNode detach() throws OMException;

    /**
     * Discards a node.
     * <p>
     * Discard goes to the parser level and if the element is not completely built, then it will be
     * completely skipped at the parser level. </p>
     *
     * @throws OMException
     */
    void discard() throws OMException;

    /**
     * Inserts a new sibling after the current node. The current node must have a parent for this
     * operation to succeed. If the node to be inserted has a parent, then it will first be
     * detached.
     * 
     * @param sibling
     *            The node that will be added after the current node.
     * @throws OMException
     *             if the current node has no parent
     */
    void insertSiblingAfter(OMNode sibling) throws OMException;

    /**
     * Inserts a sibling just before the current node. The current node must have a parent for this
     * operation to succeed. If the node to be inserted has a parent, then it will first be
     * detached.
     * 
     * @param sibling
     *            The node that will be added before the current node.
     * @throws OMException
     *             if the current node has no parent
     */
    void insertSiblingBefore(OMNode sibling) throws OMException;

    /**
     * Returns the type of node.
     *
     * @return Returns one of {@link #ELEMENT_NODE}, {@link #TEXT_NODE}, {@link #CDATA_SECTION_NODE},
     *         {@link #COMMENT_NODE}, {@link #DTD_NODE}, {@link #PI_NODE}, {@link
     *         #ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE} or {@link #SPACE_NODE}.
     */
    int getType();

    /**
     * Gets the previous sibling.
     *
     * @return Returns node.
     */
    OMNode getPreviousOMSibling();

    /**
     * Builds itself with the OMText binary content. AXIOM supports two levels of deffered building.
     * First is deffered building of AXIOM using StAX. Second level is the deffered building of
     * attachments. AXIOM reads in the attachements from the stream only when user asks by calling
     * getDataHandler(). build() method builds the OM without the attachments. buildAll() builds the OM
     * together with attachement data. This becomes handy when user wants to free the input stream.
     */
    void buildWithAttachments();
}